“The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under the name of ‘liberalism’ they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day America will be a Socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.”

Socialist Party presidential candidate Norman Thomas

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

If you go John Galt, consider New Zealand

The rate at which people are abandoning their American citizenship has accelerated since the media bamboozled dumb, hand-out Americans into installing The One into the white house. Given Americans' discontent and frustration with Obama's policies and the socialist direction he's pushing the country, if Obama manages to pass the utterly corrupt finance reform bill and the economically disastrous cap-and-trade bill, many more of us with the means might think about going elsewhere. I mean, why stay and toil under the heavy boot of an oppressive government run by corrupt, liberal overlords?

If you are thinking of relocating to escape the anti-capitalist, anti-free-market policies of Obama, consider New Zealand. Here's why.....

New Zealand’s centre-right government is considering cutting income tax and increasing the goods and services tax in next month’s budget, in an effort to rebalance the economy and become more competitive internationally.

The rest of the article from FT.com explains it in more detail but, I could think of worse places to enjoy the economic freedoms that we're shoving down the toilet here.

I don't know Bill. Can you see Obama deploying our troops anywhere to deal with any crisis other than to be a meals-on-wheeles force? Even if somebody invaded New Zealand, would Obama defend them? I have my doubts. He detests the US military just like all liberals. When he's through with us, I don't think we'll be the beacon of freedom to the world, that's his goal.

Well, in the first place Obama is only going to be president for another 33 months. He also, being pretty uninterested in military and foreign policy, has outsourced it to SecDef Gates. I'm no real fan of Gates, but he is a force for good in an administration as bad as this one. We have not abandoned Iraq or Afghanistan, at least that much is positive.

My larger point is that the overall freedom of the world depends very much on the US, just as it has since 1941.